World-renowned animal behaviorist, autism activist and author Temple Grandin, PhD, celebrated her 70th birthday last month at Colorado State University where she is a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences. Hundreds of current and former students, industry leaders, university personnel, plus the director of the award-winning 2010 movie, “Temple Grandin,” attended. A local brewery even developed Temple’s Grand Ale, a light ale that Grandin helped develop.
Source: Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences, August 30, 2017.
Temple makes an impact each day through her students,” Menon said. “She sponsors many of these students through scholarships and is a lifelong friend to them.”
INSIGHTS: Grandin has positively affected the livestock industry in ways we are still discovering. The industry and the animal health profession is better than it would ever have been without her work. No doubt, the autism community can say the same. She will be inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame September 16, as AHD noted in February and August this year. Watch her Ted Talk about why the world needs many types of minds.